Re: visiting large zip file

[Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>]

>> Obviously this is not the way it should work since the zip file
>> content doesn't need to be read into the buffer.
> Actually, the Emacs mode that supports operations on *.zip files
> _does_ read the whole zip file into a buffer; hence the problem.

But I think Kin's point still holds: Emacs does not *need* to read
the file, since it uses external tools to extract/list/...
Contrary to tar-mode, for example.


        Stefan